These conservation groups would all appreciate a hand please give the coordinators a ring if you are able to help:

Tomahawk/Smaills Beachcare Trust (TSBC)
beachcare@ihug.co.nz, 03 4544444
Nursery Building each Saturday at Smaills Beach

Green Hut Track Group. George Sutherland mrsuth@paradise.net.nz 03 467 5999. Silver Peaks area. Tracks gorse or other problems? Give George a call. Every Wednesday.

Track Group. Rex Malthus 03 473 7919. Maintenance of tracks in Dunedin area. First Thursday of every month.

Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust (YEPT). Dave McFarlane yept@clear.net.nz 03 473 7259. Clearing, planting and maintaining areas of coastal penguin habitat. Frequent workdays.

Colinswood Bush. Nigel McPherson n-r-mcpherson@xtra.co.nz 03 476 1109. Clearing, planting and maintaining covenant of native bush on Otago Peninsula. Interested to know of anyone able to help occasionally on week days.

Mopanui Ecological Environmental Society (MEES).Don McKechnie 03 482 2021. Clearing, planting and maintaining areas of coastal shrubs. Meet 10.30am at Long Beach, last Sunday of every month.

Save the Otago Peninsula (STOP). Lala Frazer 03 479 8391. Clearing, planting and maintaining natural environments around Otago Peninsula. Second weekend of every month.

Taieri Mouth Amenities Society. Marilyn Egerton 03 481 7171. Clearing, planting and maintaining public areas around Taieri Mouth. Monthly workdays.

Aramoana Arboretum. Bradley Curnow 03 477 2244. Clearing, planting and maintaining public areas around Aramoana. Any assistance appreciated on workdays first Saturday of each month. Meet at Community Hall at 10am.

River-Estuary Care: Waikouaiti-Karitane (RECWK). Andy Barratt asbarratt@ihug.co.nz. Maintaining a healthy river and estuary ecosystem through community participation – monitoring, revegetation, advocacy, bird-watching. All welcome on workdays and other activities.

Healthy Harbour Watchers. Andrew Innes 03 479 5842. Monitoring the health of the waters of Otago Harbour. Contact Andrew if you are interested in finding out more, or being involved.

Glenore-Manuka Trust. Alan Williams 03 417 8170. Restoration of public reserve area on the banks of Tokomairiro River (near Manuka Gorge/Milton). Regular workdays, all welcome.

Orokonui Sanctuary. Elton Smith eltonsmith@xtra.co.nz 027 333 7675. Preparation for a predator-free sanctuary for native fauna near Waitati – bird counts, invertebrate pitfall trapping, vegetation plot surveys, podocarp mapping, pest monitoring, weed control. Any help appreciated.